Car-Free Fridays Do So Much Good: They Get Neighbors Out To Meet One Another, They Allow Children To Roam Unfettered Without Fear Of A Truck Running Them Down . . .
. . . but as for confounding popular stereotypes, that’s probably a stretch:
Posted: February 29th, 2012 | Filed under: Brooklyn, Followed By A Perplexed Stroke Of The ChinA Bay Ridge civic panel approved a controversial proposal for the Third Avenue “Summer Stroll” on Monday, but not because it would have been a boon for area businesses — it did it to show up the back-stabbing broads in “Brooklyn 11223” a show residents believe will give Bay Ridge a bad name.
“We’re going to show them this isn’t ‘Brooklyn 11223,'” said […] a member of the Third Avenue Merchants Association and longtime proponent for the Stroll, where Third Avenue between 81st and 89th streets will be transformed into an open air “piazza” four Fridays in a row starting July 20.